THE DAY TO POST ENTRIES IN THE ISHIDA AND ORIHIME FANWORKS CONTEST IS THIS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19. See HERE for the original post. Please remember to put as the subject heading for your post THE TITLE OF WORK and its CATEGORY (FANART OR FANFIC). Please remember to tag your post ISHIHIME BIRTHDAY CONTEST.

Thank you all who participate and who indulge my Ishida (and IshiHime) love this time of year. I'm so excited about the pair being back in the manga and hoping for more interaction between them.

Oh, here's a little treat. The BLEACH CONCEPT COVERS cd is out (the one where Bleach seiyuu sing Bleach OPs--oh my!)and there are chibis! (thanks to Annie for finding)

Have you gotten your hot Bleach mens calendar yet? It's the one I didn't order (I got the historical figures anime calendar and the honeymoon spread comic calendar). pirottesse sent me a PM with pics of some of the guys you may not have seen. Niiii-sama <3 I'm not a big GJ fan but he is looking pretty hawt there:

You and me sister. I'd love an AU-ish Ishida pic like these but I figure we'll see him in the movie. He's featured a little bit in the movie merchandise. He got a cork coaster but apparently so did everyone else--there was an UlquiHime one and an IchiHime coaster too (but no IshiHime :( ). You've probably seen pics in their respective FCs at BA (I may post later--lazy atm). The movie merchandise is all over the place--I waaaaant stuff!